gecko-dev/xpcom/base/nsIMemoryInfoDumper.idl

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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIFile;
interface nsICycleCollectorLogSink;

[scriptable, function, uuid(2dea18fc-fbfa-4bf7-ad45-0efaf5495f5e)]
interface nsIFinishDumpingCallback : nsISupports
{
  void callback(in nsISupports data);
};

/**
 * Callback interface for |dumpGCAndCCLogsToFile|, below.  Note that
 * these method calls can occur before |dumpGCAndCCLogsToFile|
 * returns.
 */
[scriptable, uuid(dc1b2b24-65bd-441b-b6bd-cb5825a7ed14)]
interface nsIDumpGCAndCCLogsCallback : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Called whenever a process has successfully finished dumping its GC/CC logs.
   * Incomplete dumps (e.g., if the child crashes or is killed due to memory
   * exhaustion) are not reported.
   *
   * @param aGCLog The file that the GC log was written to.
   *
   * @param aCCLog The file that the CC log was written to.
   *
   * @param aIsParent indicates whether this log file pair is from the
   * parent process.
   */
  void onDump(in nsIFile aGCLog,
              in nsIFile aCCLog,
              in bool aIsParent);

  /**
   * Called when GC/CC logging has finished, after all calls to |onDump|.
   */
  void onFinish();
};

[scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(48541b74-47ee-4a62-9557-7f4b809bda5c)]
interface nsIMemoryInfoDumper : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * This dumps gzipped memory reports for this process and its child
   * processes.  If a file of the given name exists, it will be overwritten.
   *
   * @param aFilename The output file.
   *
   * @param aFinishDumping The callback called on completion.
   *
   * @param aFinishDumpingData The environment for the callback.
   *
   * @param aAnonymize Should the reports be anonymized?
   *
   * Sample output, annotated with comments for explanatory purposes.
   *
   * {
   *   // The version number of the format, which will be incremented each time
   *   // backwards-incompatible changes are made. A mandatory integer.
   *   "version": 1
   *
   *   // Equal to nsIMemoryReporterManager::hasMozMallocUsableSize. A
   *   // mandatory boolean.
   *   "hasMozMallocUsableSize": true,
   *
   *   // The memory reports. A mandatory array.
   *   "reports": [
   *     // The properties correspond to the arguments of
   *     // nsIHandleReportCallback::callback. Every one is mandatory.
   *     {"process":"Main Process (pid 12345)", "path":"explicit/foo/bar",
   *      "kind":1, "units":0, "amount":2000000, "description":"Foo bar."},
   *     {"process":"Main Process (pid 12345)", "path":"heap-allocated",
   *      "kind":1, "units":0, "amount":3000000, "description":"Heap allocated."},
   *     {"process":"Main Process (pid 12345)", "path":"vsize",
   *      "kind":1, "units":0, "amount":10000000, "description":"Vsize."}
   *   ]
   * }
   */
  void dumpMemoryReportsToNamedFile(in AString aFilename,
                                    in nsIFinishDumpingCallback aFinishDumping,
                                    in nsISupports aFinishDumpingData,
                                    in boolean aAnonymize);

  /**
   * Similar to dumpMemoryReportsToNamedFile, this method dumps gzipped memory
   * reports for this process and its child processes to files in the tmp
   * directory called memory-reports-<identifier>-<pid>.json.gz (or something
   * similar, such as memory-reports-<identifier>-<pid>-1.json.gz; no existing
   * file will be overwritten).
   *
   * If DMD is enabled, this method also dumps gzipped DMD output for this
   * process and its child processes to files in the tmp directory called
   * dmd-<identifier>-<pid>.txt.gz (or something similar; again, no existing
   * file will be overwritten).
   *
   * @param aIdentifier this identifier will appear in the filename of our
   *   about:memory dump and those of our children.
   *
   *   If the identifier is empty, the implementation may set it arbitrarily
   *   and use that new value for its own dump and the dumps of its child
   *   processes.  For example, the implementation may set |aIdentifier| to the
   *   number of seconds since the epoch.
   *
   * @param aAnonymize Should the reports be anonymized?
   *
   * @param aMinimizeMemoryUsage indicates whether we should run a series of
   *   gc/cc's in an attempt to reduce our memory usage before collecting our
   *   memory report.
   */
  void dumpMemoryInfoToTempDir(
    in AString aIdentifier,
    in boolean aAnonymize,
    in boolean aMinimizeMemoryUsage);

  /**
   * Dump GC and CC logs to files in the OS's temp directory (or in
   * $MOZ_CC_LOG_DIRECTORY, if that environment variable is specified).
   *
   * @param aIdentifier If aIdentifier is non-empty, this string will appear in
   *   the filenames of the logs we create (both for this process and, if
   *   aDumpChildProcesses is true, for our child processes).
   *
   *   If aIdentifier is empty, the implementation may set it to an
   *   arbitrary value; for example, it may set aIdentifier to the number
   *   of seconds since the epoch.
   *
   * @param aDumpAllTraces indicates whether we should run an all-traces CC
   *   log.  An all-traces log visits all objects currently eligible for cycle
   *   collection, while a non-all-traces log avoids visiting some objects
   *   which we know are reachable.
   *
   *   All-traces logs are much bigger than the alternative, but they may be
   *   helpful when trying to understand why a particular object is alive.  For
   *   example, a non-traces-log will skip references held by an active
   *   document; if your object is being held alive by such a document, you
   *   probably want to see those references.
   *
   * @param aDumpChildProcesses indicates whether we should call
   *   DumpGCAndCCLogsToFile in our child processes.  If so, the child processes
   *   will dump their children, and so on.
   *
   */
  void dumpGCAndCCLogsToFile(in AString aIdentifier,
                             in bool aDumpAllTraces,
                             in bool aDumpChildProcesses,
                             in nsIDumpGCAndCCLogsCallback aCallback);

  /**
   * Like |dumpGCAndCCLogsToFile|, but sends the logs to the given log
   * sink object instead of accessing the filesystem directly, and
   * dumps the current process only.
   */
  void dumpGCAndCCLogsToSink(in bool aDumpAllTraces,
                             in nsICycleCollectorLogSink aSink);
};